Sleep deprivation in shift workers is becoming increasingly more common as the prevalence of shortened sleep has increased from 7.6 percent in 1975 to 9.3 percent in 2006 (Abrams, 2015). Statistics show that 20 percent of the adult population suffers from sleep deprivation and its effects (Abrams, 2015). Along with these statistics the CDC has reported that 40 percent of night shift workers sleep less than 6 hours of sleep each night in comparison to the 28.8 percent of day shift workers who also get less than 6 hours of sleep. Approximately 69.7 percent of warehouse and transportation workers, and 52.3 percent of health-care workers do not get an adequate amount of sleep each night (Hsu, 2012). Specifically in the transportation field 50 percent
